Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health: Alignment with the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
June 22, 2018
The Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health (PI Competencies) are a set of skills desirable for performance improvement (PI) professionals working in public health. Based on the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) and the Core Competencies...
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AHD Webinar Series: Building Academic Health Department Partnerships in Rural Areas (Archived Webinar)
June 18, 2018
This archived webinar explores building academic health department (AHD) partnerships – formal partnerships between health departments and academic institutions – in rural areas. During this webinar, Lisa Macon Harrison, MPH, Health Director for Granville Vance Public Health in North Carolina, shared...
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AHD Webinar Series: How Academic Health Department Partnerships Can Support PHAB and CEPH Accreditation (Archived Webinar)
March 5, 2018
This archived webinar explores how academic health department (AHD) partnerships – formal partnerships between health departments and academic institutions – can support achieving and maintaining accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) for health departments and Council on...
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The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice’s Academic Health Department Research Agenda: Comparison with WPHRN Priority Research Questions
February 7, 2018
This paper developed by the Wisconsin Public Health Research Network (WPHRN), a public health practice-based research network (PH-PBRN), suggests areas for potential collaboration on public health research. The paper compares potential research questions focused on the AHD model from the Council on...
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Modified Version of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
December 4, 2017
Based on the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies), a set of foundational skills desirable for professionals engaging in the practice, education, and research of public health, this modified version of the Core Competencies was developed to offer a simplified version...
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Crosswalk of the Modified and 2014 Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
December 4, 2017
This crosswalk of the modified and 2014 versions of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) illustrates the relationships between specific competencies within these two versions. It contains a competency map that shows how the competencies within the modified version...
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Creating a Staged Model of AHD Development (AHD Learning Community Meeting Presentation)
September 29, 2017
This archived webinar introduces a staged model of academic health department (AHD) development, which is being drafted with the aim of better articulating how AHD partnerships might develop. This model illustrates the potential development of such partnerships on a continuum that has five stages, from...
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Academic Health Department Partnerships of East Tennessee State University (AHD Learning Community Meeting Presentation)
July 27, 2017
This archived webinar focuses on the academic health department (AHD) partnerships in which East Tennessee State University's College of Public Health is engaged, including partnerships with Sullivan County Regional Health Department and the Northeast Tennessee Regional Health Office. During this webinar,...
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Determining Essential Core Competencies for Job Positions (Archived Webinar)
June 22, 2017
This archived webinar focuses on determining essential core competencies for job positions within public health organizations. Key to a public health organization’s ability to successfully meet the health needs of its community is having staff whose competencies are well matched to the types of activities...
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Determining Essential Core Competencies for Public Health Jobs: A Prioritization Process (Modified Core Competencies)
June 12, 2017
Public health organizations can be more effective when the competencies of their staff match the types of activities they do in their jobs. To become and remain accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board, health departments must provide job descriptions that include competencies needed for...
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